Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In cases around the room lie the collected fragmentary treasures of human ancestry , mostly skulls , jaws and teeth with a few partial limb bones . |
| 2 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
| 3 | A walkway for the guards , and compartments to separate the convicts into manageable groups , each fitted with small hatches for the dropping of their black bread rations , and unmoveable benches and shelves for a few to sleep on . |
| 4 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 5 | Treatment is usually a lotion which kills the lice and nits in a few easy applications . |
| 6 | In the centre would be several lines of trestle tables carrying cages for chicken , ducks and geese with a few tame rabbits . |
| 7 | I was terrified of saying anything that the kidnappers would view as a coded message or as offensive in any way , in case John should suffer for it , but how was I to put a year 's worth of thoughts and feelings into a few lines ? |
| 8 | Comparisons with published data for central Atlantic islands are restricted to samples of common rock types , mainly transitional basalts , alkali basalts and basanites with a few nephelinites . |
| 9 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |
| 10 | The farms listed on p. 60 supply eggs and larvae of a few common species in season . |
| 11 | During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries , health centres , and hospitals in a few districts . |
| 12 | There are possible side effects such as nausea and headaches for a few days and extremely rarely there are other serious complications . |
| 13 | List all your outgoings and expenses over a few weeks . |